In 2009, while a client at the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, Jim Musial —an avid runner— wrote a guest post about how “running could be hazardous to your emotional health.” He only hints [...]
The Revealing Men podcast typically features conversations that seek to pull back the curtain to reveal the inner lives of men. For this conversation, host Randy Flood, psychotherapist and Director of the Men’s Resource Center [...]
Much of the work we do at The Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan has to do with accountability. We hear it all the time from our clients' intimate partners, probation officers, parents, and employers: [...]
In his work with the Men’s Resource Center, Zach Flood’s focus is on men and their relationships, especially where those relationships are fractured or broken. He helps families navigate the family court system and the [...]
Randy Flood didn’t set out to specialize in men’s work. As he tells Ken Porter, it all started with an internship at a forensic psychological practice in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "I stumbled into it," he says. [...]
At the Men’s Resource Center, we believe that addictions are fundamentally a complex neurochemical disorder involving genetics, pleasure, reward, and memory centers in the brain. Over the years, we have guided people dealing with addiction [...]
As humans, we often think categorically to create order. Otherwise, all thinking would be novel and laborious. Once categories are solidified, we carry anchor biases and struggle to think of competing truths. For instance, in [...]
Research has shown that loneliness takes years off our lives. In fact, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy points to this research when he states that loneliness in the 21st century is a public health problem [...]
At the Men's Resource Center, we acknowledge October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. We'd like to take this opportunity to underscore that “domestic violence” or “domestic abuse” doesn’t always mean physical violence. And that abuse [...]
“As a linguist, I ask you to please consider the following often overlooked reason why use of the term ‘toxic masculinity’ is and will always remain counter-productive, despite any good intentions - such as the [...]
